updating your ssh keys (e.g., DSA to RSA)

From: Jim Meyering <jim meyering net>

To: fedora-devel-list redhat com

Subject: updating your ssh keys (e.g., DSA to RSA)

Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:08:57 +0200

I updated from an old ssh dss key to an RSA one and wrote privately
about it a few months ago. Here's an edited version that might make
the switch safer and less tedious:
http://meyering.net/nuke-your-DSA-keys/
In particular, it links to this Perl script
http://meyering.net/code/ssh-update-key
that has helped me through the transition.
P.S. if running this
ssh-add -l|grep DSA
prints the fingerprint of a DSA key that you use,
then you really should switch, too.